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RING AND TRAVELER GLEARER. i No. 564,124. v Patented July 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND Tl/VEEDALE, SAMUEL TYVEEDALE, AND JOSEPH SMALLEY, OF

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

RlNG AND TRAVELER-CL E A RER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,124, dated July 11, 1896. Application filed March 7, 1896. Serial No. 582,287. (Nomodel.) Patented in England May 12, 1892, No. 9,008.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDMUND TWEEDALE, SAMUEL TWEEDALE, and J OSEPHSMALLEY,

subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of Great free from loose fibers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 sectionalelevation, of our improved means for mounting and securing rings totheir rails, and also the means we employ for keeping the travelers freefrom loose fibers. Fig. 3 is a plan showing a modification.

In carrying out our invention we employ rings A, having a flange top andbottom;

The ring-rail B is bored or formed with a recess, in which the lowerflange of the ring A snugly fits, whereby it is at once set to itsworking position, care being taken that the size of thebored part allowsfor no lateral movement. The ring A is made secure and held in positionby a plate 0, which may be provided with a screw a, the outer edges ofsaid plate being large enough as to rest on the :edge of the bottomflanges :of two adjacent rings A, as shown in Fig. 1, so that only oneholding-down plate Ois required between each ring. The plates may beprovided with cross-cuts for a screw-driver or with the holes a a for akey, as shown.

At the end of each length of adjoining ringrails the screwed plates 0are reduced in diameter and may take the form shown at D in Figs. 1 and2, fitting only the edge of one ring, which is necessary in consequenceof the joining of the rails.

Instead of using a screw or peg a on the under side of each plate 0, wemay employ a screw and nut b, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and

insteadof using a circular plate 0 we may employ one having two concaveends, as shown at E in Fig. 3, which, as will be seen, fits closely tothe body of the rig'A and possesses more holding surface on the flangesof the ring than is the case witha circular plate like those previouslydescribed, and shown in Fig. 1.

a The clearers for removing bits of loose fibers from the travelers Aare shown at F, and they are composed of metal cut or otherwise formedout of the same metal as the holding-down plate 0. These clearers areturned up and made to stand erect or vertically, as shown in Fig. 2, andthey serve the purpose of keeping the travelers A free from fibersduring their travel.

In Fig. 1 only one clearer F is shown as rising up from a plate 0, butwe may make two clearers rise up from one plate, so as to act upon thetwo travelers of the rings adjoining each other, as shown in Fig. 8, inwhich case the plates having these clearers would only be requiredbetween the rings alternately.

What we claim is-- 1. In a ring spinning and doubling frame, thecombination with the ring-rail having a plurality of circular recessesin its upper face concentric with the usual openings therethrough, anddouble-flanged rings having their bottom flanges fitting snugly in saidrecesses in said rail; of a plurality of flat holding-disks mounted uponthe upper side of the rail between said rings, and each adapted to bearupon the bottom flanges of two adjacent rings; and screw-bolts bindingsaid holding disks or plates down upon said adjacent flanges,substantially as described.

2. In a ring spinning and doubling frame, the combination with thering-rail having a plurality of circular recesses in its upper faceconcentric with the usual openings therethrough, and double -flangedrings having their bottom flanges fitting snugly in said circularrecesses in said rail 5 ofa plurality of flat holding disks or platesmounted upon the upper side of the rail between said rings, and eachadapted to bear upon the bottom flanges of two adjacent rings; screwsbinding said holding disks or plates down upon said flanges; and a pairof clearers, one for each in an opening in the rail; the said holding- I5 disks being mounted upon the upper side of the rail between saidrings, and bearing upon the bottom flanges of adjacent rings,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set 20 our hands in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

EDMUND TWEEDALE. SAMUEL TXVEEDALE. JOSEPH SMALLEY. Vitnesses FREDERICKA. VERITY, SAMUEL JAcKson.

